¹Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

¹Potom prišli ku mne nejakí mužovia zo starších Izraelových a sedeli predo mnou.

²And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

³Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

³Synu človeka, títo mužovia vzložili svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padnúť do svojej neprávosti položili pred svoju tvár. Či by sa ma tí mali pýtať, a ja im odpovedať?

⁴Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

⁴Preto im hovor a povieš im: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Každému z domu Izraelovho, kto by si vzložil svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu padať do svojej neprávosti by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi, tomu ja Hospodin odpoviem podľa toho, podľa množstva jeho ukydaných bohov,

⁵That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁵aby som lapil dom Izraelov za ich srdce, pretože odcudziac sa mi odvrátili sa odo mňa pre svojich ukydaných bohov, všetci, koľko ich je.

⁶Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁶Preto povedz domu Izraelovmu: Takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Obráťte sa a odvráťte od svojich ukydaných bohov a od všetkých svojich ohavností odvráťte svoju tvár!

⁷For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

⁷Lebo ktokoľvek z domu Izraelovho alebo z pohostínov, ktorý pohostíni v Izraelovi, kto by sa oddelil nenasledujúc ma a vzložil by svojich ukydaných bohov na svoje srdce a závadu svojej neprávosti na padnutie by položil pred svoju tvár a prišiel by k prorokovi dopytovať sa ma za seba, tomu odpoviem ja Hospodin svojím spôsobom.

⁸And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

⁸A obrátim svoju tvár proti tomu človekovi a zdrtím ho tak, že bude za znamenie a príslovia, a vytnem ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu, a zviete, že ja som Hospodin.

⁹And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

⁹A prorok, keby sa dal naviesť, a hovoril by slovo, ja Hospodin navediem toho proroka a vystriem svoju ruku na neho a vyhladím ho zpomedzi svojho ľudu Izraela.

¹⁰And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

¹⁰A tak ponesú svoju neprávosť; aká bude neprávosť toho, kto sa bude pýtať, taká bude i neprávosť prorokova,

¹¹That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

¹¹aby neblúdili viacej, dom Izraelov, nenasledujúc ma ani aby sa nepoškvrňovali viacej všelijakými svojimi prestúpeniami, ale aby mi boli ľudom, a ja im budem Bohom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹²The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

¹²A stalo sa slovo Hospodinovo ku mne povediac:

¹³Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

¹³Synu človeka, keby zhrešila proti mne zem dopustiac sa nevernosti, a keby som vystrel na ňu svoju ruku a polámal by som jej palicu chleba a poslal by som na ňu hlad a vyplienil by som z nej človeka i hovädo,

¹⁴Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

¹⁴a keby boli v nej títo traja mužovia: Noach, Daniel a Job, oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli len svoju dušu, hovorí Pán Hospodin.

¹⁵If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

¹⁵Keby som uviedol ľútu zver na zem, a osirotila by ju, a bola by pustá na toľko, že by neišiel nikto cez ňu pre zver,

¹⁶Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

¹⁶hoci by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér; oni sami by boli vytrhnutí, a zem by bola pustinou.

¹⁷Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

¹⁷Alebo keby som uviedol meč na tú zem a keby som povedal: Meču, prejdi zemou! a keby som z nej vyplienil človeka i hovädo,

¹⁸Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.

¹⁸a čo by boli títo traja mužovia v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, nevytrhli by synov ani dcér, ale iba oni sami by boli vytrhnutí.

¹⁹Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

¹⁹Alebo keby som poslal mor na tú istú zem a vylial by som na ňu svoju prchlivosť v krvi, aby som vyplienil z nej človeka i hovädo,

²⁰Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

²⁰a Noach, Daniel a Job by boli v nej, ako že ja žijem, hovorí Pán Hospodin, že by nevytrhli syna ani dcéry; oni vo svojej spravedlivosti by vytrhli iba svoju dušu.

²¹For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

²¹Lebo takto hovorí Pán Hospodin: Tým menej vytrhnú potom, keď pošlem svoje štyri zlé súdy, meč a hlad a ľútu zver a mor na Jeruzalem vyplieniť z neho človeka i hovädo!

²²Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

²²A hľa, pozostane v ňom niečo uniklé, tí, ktorí budú vyvedení von, synovia a dcéry; hľa, tí vyjdú k vám, a uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a potešíte sa nad zlom, ktoré uvediem na Jeruzalem, nad všetkým tým, čo uvediem naň.

²³And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

²³A potešia vás, keď uvidíte ich cestu a ich skutky a zviete, že nie darmo som učinil všetko to, čo som učinil na ňom, hovorí Pán Hospodin.